African biodiversity
Subtitle: molecules, organisms, ecosystems
By: [edited by] Bernhard A. Huber, Bradley J. Sinclair, Karl-Heinz Lampe
Contributors: Huber, Bernhard A; Sinclair, Bradley J; Lampe, K.-H; International Symposium on Tropical Biology (5th : 2004 : Bonn, Germany)
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
Subjects: Biodiversity -- Africa -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical Biology

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Complementarity of species distributions as a tool for prioritising conservation actions in Africa : testing the efficiency of using coarse-scale distribution data / J. Fjeldså, H. Tushabe; title: Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa : pattern and process / L. Prendini; title: Madagascar as a model region for the study of tempo and pattern in adaptive radiations / M. Vences; title: Commemorating Martin Eisentraut (1902-1994) - important explorer of tropical African vertebrates / W. Böhme; title: Earwigs ((Dermaptera: Insects) of Kenya - checklist and species new to Kenya / F. Haas ... [et al.]; title: Morphometric differentiation in the East African grasshopper genus Afrophlaebo Jago, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) / A. Hochkirch; title: Katydids and crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Kakamega Forest Reserve, western Kenya / J. Holstein ... [et al.]; title: Ecology and diversity of canopy associated Ceratocanthidae (Insecta: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) in an Afrotropical rainforest / A. Ballerio, T. Wagner; title: Human influence on the dung fauna in Afrotropical grasslands (Insecta: Coleoptera) / F.-T. Krell ... [et al.]; title: Genuine Africans or Tertiary immigrants? - the genus Hydropsyche in the Afrotropical region (Insecta, Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) / W. Mey; title: Fruit-feeding butterfly communities of forest 'islands' in Ghana : survey completeness and correlates of spatial diversity / J.L. Bossart ... [et al.]; title: Biogeography, diversity and ecology of sawflies in the Afromontane region (Insecta: Symphyta) / F. Koch; title: Diversity, distribution patterns and endemism of southern African bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) / M. Kuhlmann; title: Does grazing influence bee diversity? / C. Mayer; title: The pholcid spiders of Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae) : state of knowledge and directions for future research / B.A. Huber; title: West African fish diversity - distribution patterns and possible conclusions for conservation strategies / T. Moritz, K.E. Linsenmair; title: Distribution and population density of the black-eared Malagasy poison frog, Mantella milotympanum Staniszewski, 1996 (Amphibia: Mantellidae) / D.R. Vieites ... [et al.]; title: Amphibian and reptile diversity in the Southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, south-eastern Tanzania / M. Menegon, S. Salvidio; title: Interpreting morphological and molecular data on Indian Ocean giant tortoises / J. Gerlach; title: Molecular systematics of African Colubroidea (Squamata: Serpentes) / Z.T. Nagy ... [et al.]; title: Phylogeny and biogeography of Malagasy dwarf geckos, Lygodactylus Gray, 1864 : preliminary data from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Squamata: Gekkonidae) / M. Puente, M. Thomas, M. Vences; title: Variability in a common species : the Lygodactylus capensis complex from southern and eastern Africa (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) / B. Röll; title: Migration within and out of Africa : identifying knowledge gaps by data-mining the Global Register of Migratory Species / K. Riede; title: Avifaunal responses to landscape-scale habitat fragmentation in the littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar / J.E.M. Watson; title: Use of satellite telemetry and remote sensing data to identify important habitats of migratory birds (Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus 1758)) / B. Gerkmann, K. Riede; title: Conservation priorities and geographical variation in flycatchers (Aves: Platysteiridae) in the Democratic Republic of Congo / M. Louette; title: Rare weavers (Aves: Ploceidae) : are some Ploceus species hybrids? / A.J.F.K. Craig; title: Historical determinants of mammal diversity in Africa : evolution of mammalian body mass distribution in Africa and South America during Neogene and Quaternary times / M. Nieto ... [et al.]; title: Diversity and abundance of diurnal primates and forest antelopes in relation to habitat quality : a case study from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania / F. Rovero, A.R. Marshall; title: Small mammal diversity and reproduction along a transect in Namibia (BIOTA S 07) / P. Giere, U. Zeller; title: Possible karyological affinities of small mammals from north of the Ethiopian Plateau / N. Sh. Bulatova, L.A. Lavrenchenko; title: Geographic variation in the West African scaly-tailed squirrel Anomalurus pelii (Schlegel and Müller, 1845) and description of a new subspecies (Rodentia: Anomaluridae) / A.C. Schunke, R. Hutterer; title: Middle ear ossicles as a diagnostic trait in African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) / S. Lange ... [et al.]; title: Community analysis of Muridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) diversity in Guinea : a special emphasis on Mastomys species and Lassa fever distributions / C. Denys ... [et al.]; title: Effects of different land use on the parasite burden and MHC constitution of two rodent species (Gerbillurus paeba, Rhabdomys pumilio) in the southern Kalahari desert / R. Harf, G. Froeschke, S. Sommer; title: An assessment of the systematics of the genus Desmomys Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia: Muridae) using mitochondrial DNA sequences / L.A. Lavrenchenko, E. Verheyen; title: Integrative taxonomy and phylogenetic systematics of the genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta) : a new classification of the most speciose carnivoran genus in Africa / P. Gaubert, P.J. Taylor, G. Veron; title: How to digitize large insect collections - preliminary results of the DIG project / K.-H. Lampe, D. Striebing; title: Monitoring landcover changes of the Niger inland delta ecosystem (Mali) by means of ENVISAT-MERIS data / R. Seiler, E. Csaplovics, E. Vollmer; title: Is geodiversity correlated to biodiversity? A case study of the relationship between spatial heterogeneity of soil resources and tree diversity in a western Kenyan rainforest / W. Musila ... [et al.]; title: Decline of woody species in the Sahel / A. Wezel; title: Diversity over time and space in enset landraces (Ensete ventricosum) in Ethiopia / K. Zippel